Perforated cards

CDsNuts

I have a stack of 1986 Burger King cards that I want to get graded. They are in perforated panels with two cards per panel. What is the best way to separate them? WIll PSA grade them if I use a paper cutter to trim down the center of the perforation?

BunchOBull

Lightly score the front and back surface, over the perforations, then pull apart. Basically the goal is to make sure the 2 surface layers don't tear, but that you see "fuzz" on each perforation tab. Don't go too deep, you'll get "trimmed."

VitoCo1972

keep bending them over and over on the perforated line until they separate naturally - that way you don't risk messing up...out of curiosity, why not have them just grade them as panels?

prscott933

<< <i> WIll PSA grade them if I use a paper cutter to trim down the center of the perforation? >>



nope.. that'll get evid trim. have to "tear" the perforation but I'm not sure of the best way to do it.

cwazzy

I thought that if you used any kind of blade to seperate a perferation that PSA classified them as "trimmed".

Chris

BunchOBull

Ok, well, different opinions on this. Let us know what you do.

CDsNuts

Thanks for the advice, I think I like BunchoBull's idea the best.

Vito- they are technically panels, but one card is folded over the other and it is sealed kind of like a pack would be, so you can't see who the other card is. It's very hard to explain how these are structured, but the better codition of the two cards is the one you can't see.

billwaltonsbeard

<< <i>keep bending them over and over on the perforated line until they separate naturally - that way you don't risk messing up...out of curiosity, why not have them just grade them as panels? >>



I emailed PSA a few months ago and asked if I could get some Burger King Star Wars cards graded as complete panels, and I was told that wasn't possible, they had to be separated. And as everyone else has mentioned, cutting them cleanly would be considred trimming. They have to be torn.

nam812

I have this one covered for you CD. To do it right, and to achieve the highest PSA grades, you'll need an Oxy-Acetylene cutting torch, 1 cup Hellman's mayonnaise, and 211 jumbo sized cotton balls.

Step 1 - First take a 6 hour course in mastering the use of the Oxy-Acetylene cutting torch (if you have satisfactorily completed this course already move directly to step 2)

Step 2 - Use the torch to cut evenly along the perforations.

Step 3 - Once properly separated, lather the cup of mayonnaise evenly over the cards (if there are more than 10 cards a 2nd cup of mayonnaise will be needed).

Step 4 - Spread the mayonnaise covered cards out on a flat dry surface exactly 1 inch apart from each other, and sprinkle all 211 jumbo sized cotton balls all over them, allowing the cotton balls to soak up the excess mayonnaise.

Step 5 - After the cotton balls have soaked up all the excess mayonnaise (approximately 3 to 52 hours), remove the cotton balls, gather up your gem mint cards, submit them to PSA using the fastest service, and wait by your mailbox for you PSA 10's to arrive.

You're welcome.

billwaltonsbeard

does it have to be real mayo? Im prefer Miracle Whip

swartz1

He said Burger King - everyone knows they dont use mayonnaise ...duh...

NCDOLFAN

Nick

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." – Abraham Lincoln

Hmmm...

HobbyKings

<< <i>I have this one covered for you CD. To do it right, and to achieve the highest PSA grades, you'll need an Oxy-Acetylene cutting torch, 1 cup Hellman's mayonnaise, and 211 jumbo sized cotton balls.

Step 1 - First take a 6 hour course in mastering the use of the Oxy-Acetylene cutting torch (if you have satisfactorily completed this course already move directly to step 2)

Step 2 - Use the torch to cut evenly along the perforations.

Step 3 - Once properly separated, lather the cup of mayonnaise evenly over the cards (if there are more than 10 cards a 2nd cup of mayonnaise will be needed).

Step 4 - Spread the mayonnaise covered cards out on a flat dry surface exactly 1 inch apart from each other, and sprinkle all 211 jumbo sized cotton balls all over them, allowing the cotton balls to soak up the excess mayonnaise.

Step 5 - After the cotton balls have soaked up all the excess mayonnaise (approximately 3 to 52 hours), remove the cotton balls, gather up your gem mint cards, submit them to PSA using the fastest service, and wait by your mailbox for you PSA 10's to arrive.

You're welcome. >>





HK

HobbyKings

<< <i>Nick

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." – Abraham Lincoln

Hmmm... >>



Amen!

HK

nam812

NCDOLFAN, you once struck me as smarter than that, I guess I was mistaken.

Gio, smarten up or your stay here this time will be even shorter than last time.

HobbyKings

CD, I was actualy thinking about it and I might know a good way of doing it, I will PM you.

HK

digicat

CDsNuts, so the Burger King cards actually come already folded? Not flat?

lawnmowerman

perforated cards>perforated bowels

digicat

<< <i>perforated cards>perforated bowels >>



You're supposed to break them out of the slab before eating them! Geeze!

bobbybakeriv

<< <i>perforated cards>perforated bowels >>



I just spent 8 days in the hospital due to this very condition. Not really something to take lightly...believe me. An infected large intestine is quite painful, recovering from the requisite surgery after can be even worse. Also Nick, this is not your best effort, my man. No risk, no reward however!!!!

OK. How the flock did my avatar change to a rare penny? WTF??????? I changed it this morning to Stone Cold Boz. This is a little disconcerting.

lawnmowerman

<< <i>


OK. How the flock did my avatar change to a rare penny? WTF??????? I changed it this morning to Stone Cold Boz. This is a little disconcerting. >>



The penny strikes again! The same thing happened to Tonya a few months ago. She changed her avatar and the within a few hours it changed to a penny by itself..lol

bobbybakeriv

How freaking weird. How did she fix it? I was pretty proud of my Stone Cold Boz avatar!!!!

lawnmowerman

<< <i>How freaking weird. How did she fix it? I was pretty proud of my Stone Cold Boz avatar!!!! >>



She couldn't find the one she had just uploaded and had to pick from the list.

You're gonna have to wade out into great avatar sea and see if you can find it

bobbybakeriv

I guess that is what I get for critically evaluating Nick's humor. There is some sort of conspiracy brewing here...I can feel it.

TheVon

I've always just bent them back and forth several times until they separated easily. I have taken a razor and made small incissicions at the top and the bottom of the perforation so that the corners are sharper and to make it that much easier to start the rip.

I'm drunk right now so if I typed something that doesn't make sense it's because I'm not making sense.

nam812

<< <i>I just spent 8 days in the hospital....... >>


Sorry this happened to you.



<< <i>......An infected large intestine is quite painful............. >>


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Yup.



<< <i>........How the flock did my avatar change to a rare penny?......... >>


Sorry this happened to you.

detroitfan2

Hand cut = sheet cut you turkeys.

-chaz

P.S. Hi chaz.